Gedling Southbank 1 Hucknall Sports U9's Saturday 7

Saturday 3rd December 2005

A much-improved Gedling side found Sports too hot to handle in this friendly fixture. 

Sports in impressive form dominated this match from the very first whistle and had Gedling so penned back that it was inevitable that the goals were going to come. The first goal came from Joe Mee who finished off a flowing Sports move that saw Joe Walker and Stephen Whitley cut through the Gedling defence like a hot knife through butter. Sports made it two when Daniel Long played a neat one-two with Walker before leaving the Gedling keeper stranded with a well-driven shot. It was Long who made it three after going on what is becoming his trademark run down the left side then cutting in for the shot that the Gedling keeper initially saved but could not hold and Long made no mistake with the second shot. The half ended with Sports three to the good but had it not been for some excellent defending and some very brave goal keeping it could have been more. 

The second half started as the first had ended with Sports firmly in control and it wasn’t long before Richard Allen made it four when he scored from an insanely acute angle after beating two defenders. Sports then seemed to take their foot off the pedal and were punished with a well-taken solo effort from the Gedling striker. Sports responded well, with the goal of the day when inspirational Skipper and man of the match Liam Kilcullen launched a 25-yard exocet into the top corner. Allen made it six when he was first to react to the loose ball after a fine save by the Gedling keeper from Long. Kilcullen went onto make it seven when he struck home from a superbly delivered corner from Whitley.

This was a fantastic all round team performance by Sports that saw players playing in unfamiliar positions and every player giving his all for the good of the team. To Gelding's credit they never gave up and showed a lot of spirit in battling hard until the final whistle.